Police on domestic violence call found gun at home with kids but didn't call DCS

9:31 PM,
Dec. 6, 2012

Larry Russell, 39, and Nikki Russell, 35.

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More than six months ago, police arrived at a home on the north side of Terre Haute where a neighbor had reported a domestic disturbance and gunshots. The man inside, Larry Russell, was taken away in handcuffs, charged with battery on his wife, and had his .22-caliber handgun confiscated.

Four of the couple's five children were there to see it.

Under those types of circumstances - when firearms are found in a home where domestic violence is alleged and children are present - all Vigo County law enforcement agencies had committed to a policy of contacting the Indiana Department of Child Services ...